Examine the dramatic changes that took place in the party system in India during 1969 to 1977. 

 The dramatic changes that took place in the party system in India during 1969 to 1977 are as follows:-

(i) The factional rivalry between the Syndicate and Indira Gandhi came in the open in 1969 during Presidential election. She projected to split as an ideological divide
between socialist and conservative factions of the congress party.
(ii) The Congress party now identified itself with a particular ideology, claiming to be the only socialist and pro-poor party.
(iii)Since 1969, the Congress party had started shedding its character as an umbrella party which accommodated leaders and workers of different ideological dispensations and view points.
(iv)With the change in the nature of the Congress party, other opposition parties relied more and more on what is known in Indian politics as ‘non-Congressism’. They also realised the need to avoid a division of non-Congress votes in the election.